Talk-Zone #49 Interview with Rigid Audio

I did launch Rigid Audio officially back in December 2015. But please don´t ask me why i´ve called my company „Rigid Audio“ since there is no special story behind it. I just liked the name and i wanted to have something with „Audio“ in it to emphasize what it´s all about :)

Thanks!
Actually, i had the idea for something like this years ago but never found the time to dive into it. But now, as i started developing it, it became a huge success and that very quickly. The idea behind „KGM“ is that you can use it to create your own custom graphical user interfaces for Kontakt instruments. At least that was the primary goal, when i started working on it.
I quickly realized you could do way more than just designing interfaces with it. Today, you can create complete Kontakt instruments with it, that feature all the bells and whistles like complete effects control, sequencer tables and much more. So basically, you can design your very own instrument with „KGM“ without writing a single line of code (script).

You can create as much instruments on your own as you prefer. There´s no limitation, no licensing or royalties are involved. You are free to even sell your instruments made with „KGM“. The full version of Kontakt 4 and higher is required, though.

That is true, i´ve always been interested in such kind of sounds.
Most of the time when i browse the internet and discover products made by other companies that does become my source of inspiration. I try to analyse their instruments, get an idea on how they made certain things, how they made the interface and so on. Then i might try to make something similar but of course as different as possible.

I use a lot of virtual instruments (synthesizers) and a palette of effects that i mix and match to achieve a certain sound. I do program all my sounds myself. Very interesting sounds can be achieved when layering multiple plugins. I have a custom „rack“ for that purpose as well that i use as a source for sampling my own sounds.

I am a huge fan of Jean-Michel-Jarre, i did visit him two times when he was giving a concert in Berlin. His music constantly amazes me since it´s full of life and full of interesting sounds and effects.

Well, it depends on the amount of patches and features that i plan to include. Since Rigid Audio is a one-man-show, development times vary from something like two weeks to nearly half a year.

I am mainly working with software instruments (synthesizers) due to the ease of use. I also have a few hardware synthesizers, like a very old CS1x, a Waldorf and a very interesting german synthesizer from Quasimidi, called „Polymorph“. You can get some very funky sounds from this machine alone!

That´s right!
I´m giving away copies of my Kontakt GUI Maker which is very close to release now.

I want to thank my family, my friends and of course all my customers for the huge support in the last year. Without you, there would be no Rigid Audio at all :)

It was a pleasure, thanks!

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